YouTube and television star dies in electric scooter crash

EMILY HARTRIDGE, a television presenter, YouTube star and personal trainer, has been identified as the woman who died in a collision with a lorry while riding an electric scooter.

Ms Hartridge, 36, died at the scene on the Queen’s Circus roundabout in Battersea, south-west London, on Friday, in what is thought to be the first incident of its kind in the UK.

Thousands have paid their tributes online, with TV presenter Davina McCall saying she was “shocked”.

Ms Hartridge made her name on YouTube, with nearly 350,000 subscribers to her lifestyle, fitness and travel videos. She moved into television, presenting a series for Channel 4 called Oh S---, I’m 30.

A message on her Instagram page posted yesterday morning broke the news to her 44,000 followers.

“Hi Everyone,” it said. “This is a hor

‘She has touched so many lives, it’s hard to imagine things without her. She was a very special person’

rible thing to have to say over Instagram but we know many of you were expecting to see Emily today and this is the only way to contact you all at once. Emily was involved in an accident yesterday and passed away. We all loved her to bits and she will never be forgotten. She has touched so many lives, it’s hard to imagine things without her. She was a very special person.”

In response, McCall said: “My heart goes out to Emily’s family and friends. Such a shock. Sending you love and prayers.”

Earlier this year, in a candid interview with The Sun, Miss Hartridge spoke of freezing her eggs.

“After spending eight years being let down, ghosted and lied to by hopeless men on dating apps, I refused to miss my chance at motherhood,” she said.

“I’m so glad Tinder made me turn to egg freezing – it revealed my low fertility levels in time for me to do something about it. Whatever happens with my love life, I know I’ve done all I can to have a child one day.”

She recently started a relationship with Jake Hazell, a personal trainer.

A cyclist died at the same roundabout in July last year after being hit by a bin lorry.